Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 67 · Decided 31 January 2013
Hiraman v. State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 67 · [2013] 3 S.C.R. 119
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1288/2008
- Decided
- 31 January 2013
- Bench
- A.K. PATNAIK, H.L. GOKHALE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Evidence Act Section 32
Headnote
A B Evidence Act, 1872 - s. 32 - Relevance of dying declarations - Approach to be adopted by the Courts with respect thereto - Held: By enacting s.32(1) in the Evidence C Act, the legislature has accorded a special sanctity to the statement made by a dying person as to the cause of his own death - statement is made - Besides, when such statement is made at the earliest opportunity without any influence being brought D on the dying person, there is absolutely no reason to take any other view for the cause of his or her death - Absence of any corroboration cannot take away its relevance -
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